The Trajan's Column was erected in 113 AD at the Trajan's Forum in Rome, in a narrow courtyard behind the Basilica Ulpia, in memory of the victories of Emperor Trajan over the Dacians. 29 m high, 2.5 m in diameter. The Trajan's Column consists of 23 cylindrical circles of white marble. The remains of Trajan's Column were laid in its foundations. Around it descends in a spiral shape, in 24 circles, a bas-relief depicting the episodes of the war with the Dacians (101 - 102 e 105 - 106 BC). Above Trajan's Column rose a statue of Trajan, replaced in 1588 by the statue of St. Peter.
The Trajan's Column depicts military scenes and battles, the march of armies, fortifications, the emperor giving speeches to soldiers, sacrifices, embassies and obedience to the vanquished. There are about 2,500 figures in the marble narrative.

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